Dropping groceries to elderly parents

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Is it ok? I have been doing this up to now on a weekly basis. I should add that they live an hour and a half's drive away. I've left the groceries on their doorstep.
They are in their 80's and my dad has an underlying health condition. They have not left their house and garden for two weeks now. They have plenty of food but miss the fresh fruit and vegetables unless I deliver them.

Do they have a neighbour who could take over and do this for them? If not I think under the guidance it would be fine to do this as they are vulnerable people and they will need fruit and veg if they are not getting outside in order to stay healthy.

They do have a reasonably helpful neighbor but she lives on her own and I think it's onerous to expect her to provide them with fresh fruit and veg (as well as meat); that's more shopping than she's doing for herself.

I am going to have to do this for my parents. I can't see any other way. They live somewhere where a high % of the population is elderly, so they can't ask neighbours - everyone in their cul-de-sac is in the same boat.

I will be doing this for my parents.

I am doing this for my mother who is in her 80s and lives alone. She’s only a 10 minute walk from me, so I will continue doing it. In your position I would continue for the moment but perhaps try to stretch the time between visits by a few days and think of how you might manage if further restrictions mean we can not drive so far.
I know online deliveries seem impossible to get but it might be worth haunting the Websites incase slots become available.

(Btw up to now I have been dropping groceries off on her doorstep and then she she has taken them inside, we have sat on garden chairs outside - definitely 6 feet apart - and chatted. As she lives alone this has been important - but for the next few weeks we are going to restrict ourselves to waving through the window and face timing from home.)

I wear latex gloves when dropping a shopping bag in my 80 year old mum's doorway - not much else you can do really.

One of our local market stalls is offering a fruit and veg box delivery for £15 - is there anything like that near by? Payment via bank transfer so no need for any contact.

Yes it's OK. Michael Gove addressed this in his BBC interview this morning. Shielding and caring for the vulnerable is important.

They really should be getting food delivered where possibly to avoid this. I think supermarkets are starting to reserve delivery slots for the elderly.

I will be doing this today (15 minute drive)
I will leave it on the doorstep and have a quick chat through the (closed) door

I do this for my parents as they are both elderly and in the at risk group.

They call me to ask what they want, I get it and then pop it inside their front door for them to collect, we wave through the window. Sad but necessary.

There are local facebook groups everywhere. Find one local to your parents.

Many supermarkets are starting to adjust their deliveries. Morrisons do a box.

Local councils are arranging to get food delivered to the vulnerable.

Please research available alternatives in your parents area and avoid unnecessary journeys.

Have a look at local FB pages for the area. Where we live lots of pubs/restaurants are doing deliveries of fresh fruit, veg, milk, bread, eggs etc. They can take card payment over the phone and do a doorstep drop off for your parents. There are also butchers who can do deliveries. It might be worth investigating in such circumstance if you are ill and cannot go yourself.

It's fine. Gove made that clear.

I think there’s difference between dropping off shopping for someone who is 10 minutes away and someone who is an hour and a half away.